package com.jomolangma.app.thinkingjava.io;

//: io/xfiles/ThawAlien.java
// Try to recover a serialized file without the
// class of object that's stored in that file.
// {RunByHand}
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;

public class ThawAlien {
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(new FileInputStream(
				new File("..", "X.file")));
		Object mystery = in.readObject();
		System.out.println(mystery.getClass());
		
		in.close();
	}
} /*
 * Output: class Alien
 */// :~
